AUSTIN, Texas -- So, Haditha becomes another of the names at which we wince, along with Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo and My Lai. Tell you what: Let's not use the "stress of combat" excuse this time. According to neighbors, the girls in the...
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01 June 2006
Editor's Note: Founding editor of the Free Press, Steve Conliff died today, June 1, of cancer. His alternative and underground writings pre-date the founding of the Free Press in 1970. Conliff had just compiled the first seven volumes of...
29 May 2006
People who are concerned about the state of the U.S. news media in
2006 might pause to consider those who have lost their lives in the midst
of journalistic neglect, avoidance and bias.
We remember that while TV and radio...
We remember that while TV and radio...
27 May 2006
"We fought the good fight," Jeff Skilling said, standing strong after he
and "Kenny Boy" Lay were convicted of defrauding Enron stockholders. But
what an odd choice of words. I suppose Joachim von Ribbentrop and Attila the
Hun could say...
25 May 2006
Glenn Greenwald's new book "How Would a PATRIOT ACT? Defending American Values from a President Run Amok," lays out a powerful, concise, and well-researched argument that President Bush is a threat to our government's system of checks and...
25 May 2006
As we stare with sudden revulsion at the apparent cold-blooded murder of Iraqi civilians in Haditha - at least 15, maybe twice that number, killed by Marines avenging a buddy, including a 3-year-old girl, and men shoved into a closet, and...